Surprise, Surprise!

"Arizona raised the minimum wage and cost many jobs for young workers without salable skills. "Oh, for the days when Arizona's high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power. That's certainly not the case under the state's new minimum-wage law that went into effect last month. Some Valley employers, especially those in the food industry, say payroll budgets have risen so much that they're cutting hours, instituting hiring freezes and laying off employees. And teens are among the first workers to go." And that's exactly what those "damned right-wingers" were predicting. Funny. Most of what they predict comes true because they know what's going to happen when the "pie-in-the-sky" liberals make their stupid laws. The liberals just refuse to admit it, and are "surprised" when our predictions come true. (Arizona Central, 2/10/06)